Word Counter Online Free
Paste any text and instantly see word count, character count, sentence count, paragraph count and estimated reading time.
Why Use a Word Counter Online Free
Writers, students and editors all need accurate word counts. This word counter online free gives you six stats at once so you do not have to calculate anything manually.
Word count, character count with and without spaces, sentence count, paragraph count and reading time. All update live as you type.
Useful for blog posts, essays, social media copy, emails and academic work. No signup needed.
What this tool does
How to use it
Paste your text
Paste or type any text into the input area.
Read the stats
All six stats update instantly as you type.
Clear and start again
Click Clear to reset and count a new piece of text.
Questions About Word Counter Online Free
Yes. Completely free with no signup, no limit on text length and no data sent anywhere.
Based on an average reading speed of 200 words per minute for general text. Academic or technical text may take longer.
Hyphenated words like well-known are counted as one word, which matches how most style guides count them.
Yes. Twitter limits posts to 280 characters. The character count includes spaces by default.
Yes. Word splitting is based on whitespace which works for most Latin-script languages. CJK languages may not split accurately.